Learning and Confidence

After completing the UN-CMCoord Skills Training, civil-military practitioners will:

• Draw the main steps of a UN-CMCoord operation and highlight key differences based on the context (i.e. sudden onset, escalating and protracted humanitarian crises)

• Identify key civil-military coordination tools and explain how to maximize their impact in operational contexts.

• Challenge UN-CMCoord standards and principles with operational realities.

• Utilize confidently crucial information management tools to boost interoperability in UN-CMCoord operations.

• Apply influential communication skills to foster the civil-military dialogue in CMCoord preparedness and response.

• Design and maintain coherent civil-military platforms for information sharing and interactions in emergencies.

• Optimize the use of civil-military collaborative working tools for preparedness and response effectiveness

Application and Implementation

When trained civil-military practitioners assume their functions they will:

• Exercise a key role in support of the civil-military coordination dialogue in their respective duty station

• Take an active part in establishing and maintaining platforms for interaction and information exchange at their respective duty station

• Gain trust and confidence from all actors of civil-military coordination through demonstration of professionalism, dedication and organizational integrity.

24 participants will be selected on the following criteria:

• OCHA will identify candidates who meet pre-determined criteria and are currently or will be most likely involved in emergency response. 

• Graduate of UN-CMCoord Course /or/ graduate of Preparedness and Response Effectiveness Programme (PREP) Course and UN-CMCoord eCourse

• Experience working in emergency relief and response, coordination, operational support in complex emergencies or natural disaster, either with humanitarian agencies, military or both.

• Current member of a formal OCHA Surge Mechanism (i.e. ASP, SBPP, ERR).

• For active military personnel, current or recent operational deployment (e.g. PKO, CIMIC, civil-military personnel)

• Excellent oral and written English is essential

• Preparatory phase: 

  • Distance learning

  • Collaborative working week (i.e. webinar using WebEx, Google+)

  • Web-based preparatory sessions (i.e. webinar using WebEx)

• Participatory approaches using facilitated discussions

• Group and individual work, including analysis and role plays on real case studies to allow for practical application of information and concepts presented

• Presentations in plenary

• Written assignments (i.e. preparatory phase and evaluation)

• Residential with a duration of 5.5 days

• Two events per year in Switzerland

• No course fee 

• Accommodation and meals covered by organizers

• Sending organizations/office responsible for travel costs and applicable allowances

• Course coordinator/Lead Facilitator (OCHA)

• Three Co-facilitators/Technical Subject-Matter Experts on civil-military coordination (i.e. inter-agency representatives)

• E-learning coordination (OCHA)

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